Excerpt from The Life of Frederic the Second, King of Prussia, Vol. 1 of 2Frederic II. Lived in an age among the most remarkable in the annals of the world. He was one of those men who couditute an epoch, who, by their parsinouat in¿uence upon the events of a particular period, immess it in a degree with characteristics melting from their own peculiar sen timents, habits, and proceedings, who may be considered monuments on the road of ages to designate certain divi sions of time. There is no department of literature com bining greater advantages for the di¿'usion of entertainment, and information of the most desirable kind, than that which embraces the accounts of the lives of those personages whose position and character must cause their biographers to compass the annals of a country during the period of their existence. A union of the respective attractions of history and biography is thus presented to the reader. Ade. Quate mention of the occurrences and individuals of the epoch, of the proceedings and relations of states, with the other requisites of historical compilation, must be encoun tered to a certain extent, as well as those more private and familiar details, appertaining to biography, which are. Not only replete with intrinsic interest, but often render incul culable service in throwing light upon the loftier incidents that in more dignified annals are not easily appreciated or understood. As far as mere narrative goes, our author has accomplished the objects we have indicated in a praise worthy manner. He has given a faithful picture of Prus sia during the reign of its illustrious monarch, and a sum cient insight into the intricacies of the political transactions connected with it in one way or another, as well as a clear and accurate account of the performances and character of the subject of his volumes. The story is told with sufi.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.